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High Water (2025)

In an attempt to discover the truth about the mysterious death of his son, Journalist Vince Sand descends into a dangerous netherworld of drug-abuse and murder that forces him to confront his own demons.

Directed byEwan Gorman

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    Succubus

    Genre overlap

    2024 · 103 min · Horror · Thriller

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    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Beyond the Rush

    Strong story similarity

    2024 · 110 min · Drama · Thriller

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    Working undercover to expose a corrupt judge, an investigative journalist confronts his secret past plus his mother's mental illness and must choose between addiction and obsession or love and redemption.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Connection

    Genre overlap

    2025 · 68 min · Comedy · Thriller

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    A kidnapped woman will be freed on one condition: She must convince her kidnapper that his life is worth living.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 05

    Absolute Anger

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 99 min · Crime · Thriller

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    A psychological noir thriller, about the trials and tribulations of a Detective overcoming grief, while trying to solve a series of grisly murders, threatening his own sanity amidst a game of cat-and-mouse with the killer

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    MK Ultra

    Similar atmosphere

    2022 · 97 min · Thriller

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    Set during the true and unconscionable Central Intelligence Agency MK ULTRA drug experimentations in the early 1960s. The journey of Ford Strauss, a brilliant psychiatrist, whose moral and scientific boundaries are pushed to the limit as he is recruited to run a subsect of the program in a rural Mississippi Mental Hospital.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 09

    Finding Joy

    Shared themes

    2026 · 88 min · Drama · Thriller

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    Roni Gingrich is a PTSD survivor and aspiring artist whose buried childhood trauma manifests in the form of sleep paralysis and recurring dreams as she unravels the truth of her past.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: drama
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 10

    Sunray: Fallen Soldier

    Strong story similarity

    2025 · 116 min · Action · Thriller

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    Forced to confront the death of his daughter following a fatal encounter with drugs, ex-military soldier Andy becomes hell-bent on finding those responsible. With nothing to lose, a violent criminal underworld unravels in his wake.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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